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Laurence Yep

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born
in San Francisco, The United States
June 14, 1948

gender
male


About this author

Born June 14, 1948 in San Francisco, California, Yep was the son of Thomas Gim Yep and Franche Lee Yep. Franche Lee, her family's youngest child, was born in Ohio and raised in West Virginia where her family owned a Chinese laundry. Yep's father, Thomas, was born in China and came to America at the age of ten where he lived, not in Chinatown, but with an Irish friend in a white neighborhood. After troubling times during the Depression, he was able to open a grocery store in an African-American neighborhood. Growing up in San Francisco, Yep felt alienated. He was in his own words his neighborhood's "all-purpose Asian" and did not feel he had a culture of his own. Joanne Ryder, a children's book author, and Yep met and became friends during c...more


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Laurence Yep's Books

Average rating: 3.63 · 8,913 ratings · 948 reviews · 80 distinct works · Similar authors
Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Red Bir...
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 1,443 ratings — published 2001
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Dragonwings (Golden Mountai...
3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 1,414 ratings — published 1975 — 15 editions
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Dragon's Gate: Golden Mount...
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 705 ratings — published 1993 — 9 editions
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Spring Pearl: The Last Flower
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Dragon of the Lost Sea
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 420 ratings — published 1982 — 10 editions
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 2008
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Dragon Steel
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 236 ratings — published 1985 — 5 editions
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Hiroshima
3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 257 ratings — published 1995 — 7 editions
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Child of the Owl
3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 281 ratings — published 1977 — 8 editions
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Dragon Cauldron
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 213 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions
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Series by Laurence Yep

The Serpent's Children: Gol... Mountain Light: Golden Moun... Dragon's Gate: Golden Mount... The Traitor: Golden Mountai... Dragonwings Dragon Road: Golden Mountai... Child of the Owl
Golden Mountain Chronicles (10 books)
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3.509440813362382 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 2,754 ratings
Dragon of the Lost Sea Dragon Steel Dragon Cauldron Dragon War
Dragon (4 books)
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3.894083969465649 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 1,048 ratings
The Tiger's Apprentice Tiger's Blood Tiger Magic
Tiger's Apprentice (3 books)
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3.8576642335766422 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 274 ratings
City of Fire City of Ice City of Death
City Trilogy (3 books)
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3.5277777777777777 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 180 ratings
The Case of the Goblin Pearls The Case of the Lion Dance The Case of the Firecrackers
Chinatown (3 books)
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3.4732142857142856 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 112 ratings
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Quotes by Laurence Yep

“You can learn to change the world or go on being changed by it.”
― Laurence Yep, Dragon's Gate: Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1867
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“Just because there's tarnish on the copper, doesn't mean there's not a shine beneath.”
― Laurence Yep, Dragon's Gate: Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1867
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“Sometimes it's easier to be as bad as they expect you to be.”
― Laurence Yep, Dragon's Gate: Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1867
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